Windows 10: help! my wifi option is suddenly gone and my Intel wireless ac driver is not working.

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Intel Wireless-AC 9462 not working.

Dell Laptop with Intel AC 9462 wireless adapter.
This was a G3 3579. Step #3 is what actually fixed it.

Symptoms:
Windows 10 unable to enable wifi (So it seems)

Wifi does not detect any wireless connections.

1. Dell Uninstall SmartByte application and Drivers

2. Device Manager / intel wifi adapter properties / Under the advanced tab
for AC 9462 you can find an option called Passive Aggressiveness change the value to medium-low from initiall medium.

3. If the above doesn't fix it and you still can't see any wireless network.
On the same advanced tab enable "Throughput Booster"

It's something with the Intel wifi chip and this 'ThroughputBooster'

 

32-bit driver for Intel Wireless-AC 9650

An extremely helpful thread showed how to get a 32-bit driver for the Intel Wireless-AC 8265:

Win10x32 driver for Intel AC 8265 WLAN wifi needed

I'm trying to set up a machine with an 9650 card and I can't find a 32-bit driver; Intel never released a 32-bit version for any OS, as far as I can tell. Does anyone have a way of using this card in a 32-bit system? Many thanks for any help.

 

Win10x32 driver for Intel AC 8265 WLAN wifi needed

Hi Railtech!

Thats the problem, it explicitely says: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 (64-bit only)

And so it refuses to install x32 driver version for AC8265 ending with error message.

All Intel drivers have following notes:
Note: The following products support only 64-bit version of Windows10.

• Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

Anyway my windows 10x32 found a driver from a HDD with Win7x32 installation and it is even working.
But without this HDD online I cant install any Win10x32 driver.